Gene Fullmer vs. Spider Webb (2nd meeting)
Gene Fullmer 160 lbs beat Spider Webb 158 lbs by UD in round 15 of 15
- Date: 1959-12-04
- Location: George Nelson Field House, Logan, Utah, USA
- Referee: Ken Shulsen 147-141
- Judge: Del Markham 148-138
- Judge: Boyd Mattinson 150-132
"Champion Gene Fullmer again beat Ellsworth (Spider) Webb tonight with a wild-hooking attack for a unanimous 15 round decision in their fight for the NBA version of the middleweight crown in the fieldhouse of Utah State University. Fullmer's plunging, bludgeoning attack had Webb's knees wobbly in the 7th and 15th rounds, but he could not put the lanky challenger from Chicago down once. Webb slipped to the canvas in the 1st and 10th, but were not knockdowns. Fullmer went to the floor twice, but referee Ken Shulsen ruled that both were slips. However, Gene's descent in the 4th looked like a legitimate knockdown from a right to the chin. Fullmer suffered slight cuts on both brows and a nick under his lower lip." -United Press International
- Unofficial UPI scorecard - 146-140 Fullmer
- Unofficial AP scorecard - 146-142 Fullmer
- Unofficial Logan state Journal - 143-141 Fullmer
- The UPI polled 12 ringside reporters, with 11 scoring it for Fullmer and 1 for Webb.
- Purses: Fullmer - app. $70,000 (40% net gate & 40% TV), Webb - app. $35,000 (20% net gate & 20% TV).
Post fight comments
- "Anyplace outside of Utah - in hell if necessary." -Spider Webb, on a rematch with Fullmer and where.
- "They would rob their own mother. The irony of the thing is that this one official took the whole fight away from Spider by not giving him a single round." -Karl Nelson, Webb's trainer, on the decision and judge Boyd Mattison of Provo, Utah who failed to give Webb a round.
- "I'll fight Robinson on condition I get exactly as much percentage as he does. If Robinson won't go for that, I'll try to get a shot at Archie Moore's light heavyweight crown." -Gene Fullmer, on his next fight.